Welcome To Manzanares Law Office

The Manzanares Law Office is YOUR Taos Attorney for all your family and business needs!

Dennis Manzanares is a sole practitioner providing legal services to the families and businesses of Taos County and Northern New Mexico. He is son of Ercilia Martinez of Questa and Fermin Manzanares of Tierra Amarilla.

As a sole practitioner, I provide my clients with personal service, attention, and empathy for their situation. If necessary, I can meet with clients outside of normal business hours and, where necessary, outside of my office. For many legal matters, flexible billing can be arranged.

As a former Town Attorney for the Town of Taos, as well as Taos County Attorney and contract counsel to various Northern NM towns and villages, my knowledge of northern New Mexico and its unique qualities is reflected in the quality of work provided to clients.

Frequently Asked Questions

What exactly do you do as a Taos Attorney?

An attorney helps people. Ideally, it helps when clients come to the attorney before a problem happens. That way, it’s like preventative medicine; stop the ailment before it takes hold.

Why do I need a Taos Attorney?

By allowing me to help you see your situation, your Taos Attorney can find options for how you can achieve your goal(s).

I purchased a “will” kit at a store. Isn’t that good enough so that I don’t have to hire an attorney?

Pre-printed will forms are generic in terms of what they cover and they really can’t be used if it is your specific intent to leave your property as you wish it to be distributed. This is especially true if there are significant events in your life, such as; military service, divorce or legal separation, business ownership(s), unanticipated inheritances, etc.

What exactly is a TOD Deed?

A transfer-on-death deed conveys the described real property to the named grantee upon the death of the grantor. To be effective in New Mexico, a TOD Deed must be filed of record before the death of the grantor; if it is held in a safety deposit box, for instance, and attempted to be filed upon the death of the grantor, it would fail as not being timely filed.

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About Dennis

Dennis currently serves on the NM Supreme Court’s MCLE Board, the Board of the NM State Bar’s Solo & Small Practice Section, and the Bar’s Senior Lawyer Division.

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The Evolution Of Law

Aristotle

Around 356 BCE

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Around 50 BC

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free.

Thomas Aquinas

Around 1262

Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community.

Theodore Roosevelt

Around 1908

No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.

Mahatma Gandhi

Around 1934

There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings.

Albert Camus

Around 1954

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.

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The Manzanares Law Office is YOUR Taos Attorney for all your family and business needs including, wills & probates, real estate law, & small business consulting.